Agreed. We’ve had discussions like this before.
Though some people like trying on a goal for a set period, with the goal date being an evaluation point rather than a real-world deadline.
Worse, there are some cases in which autoratchet/retroratchet will change the end date. If that end date is something in the real world like an exam or a conference speech, that’s super-bad.
A world in which dates are either fully-honoured or effectively-infinite would be better than the status quo.